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Gravestone Rubbings

Date1972

MediumRubbings; black, brown, blue, or green conte crayon on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 44 1/4 x 28in. (112.4 x 71.1cm) or smaller Sheet (height x width): 44 1/4 x 28in. (112.4 x 71.1cm) or smaller

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Jeanne DeBell

Object number2008.25.1-22

DescriptionRubbings of 18th- and early 19th-century gravestones in cemeteries in northeast and north central Connecticut and Longmeadow, Massachusetts. Stones include those of Captain Thomas Grant (Wapping, 1769), Jerusha Chapin (Somers), Mrs. Loury Davis (Somers, 1793), Mrs. Lucy Alis (Somers, 1775), Mary Allord (Woodstock, 1772), Polly Knap (Woodstock, 1798), Ezra Whitney (Woodstock, 1804), Captain Amas[a?] Walbridge (Stafford, 1755), Abigail Alden (Stafford, 1755), Lydia Merritt (Somers, 1829), Mary Owen (Granby, 1778), Jacob Read (Ellington, 1774), Samuel Terry (Enfield, 1730), Ebenezer Chapin (Enfield, 1751), Simon Deanz [sic] (Eastford, 1791), Mary Chedel (Eastford, 1767), Abigail Paine (Longmeadow, MA, 1759), Damaris Hall (Somers, 1789), Sarah Holcomb (no location, 1804), William Willcott [sic] (Somers, 1749), Sarah Paine Felllows (Woodstock, 1788), Eunice Colton (Longmeadow, MA, 1763), Naomi Woolworth (Longmeadow, MA, 1760), John Swetland (Somers, 1771), Ephraim Griggs (Pomfret, 1779), Lydia Merritt (another copy in green), John Howard (Somers, 1785), Elizabeth Chapin (Somers, n.d.), Mary Badcock (Coventry, 1733). In some cases, only the decorative design, usually a winged death's head or angel, from the upper portion of the stone is reproduced.

NotesDate Note: Some drawings are dated 1972.

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